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Untamed Youth Reviews

The whole thing is awfully, awfully silly. The strangely pneumatic Ms Van Doren wants to be an entertainer and regularly bursts into song, but dances like she has only heard rock ‚??n‚?? roll dancing¬†described¬†and has never seen it. So joyfully imbued with the rock ‚??n‚?? roll spirit are these kids that - despite being desperately exploited - they manage at one point to spontaneously break into a big number in the cotton fields.

It‚??s replete with quaint 1950s-isms, such as one woman in a catfight threatening to give the other an ‚??Italian haircut‚?? (I still don‚??t know what that means) and regularly exclaiming ‚??Chihuahua!‚?? (quite possibly to confirm her identity as a Latina)‚?¶ and Eddie Cochrane.

It can‚??t really be said to be a prison movie. Though a private prison precursor, perhaps.

A hugely under-appreciated B movie. The cast is superb starting with Mamie Van Doren - the first female actor to sing rock and roll in a movie. The campy plot line and cheesy dialogue entertainingly groan-inducing. The music is surprisingly catchy.. Director Howard W. Koch would go on to have a very distinguished career in Hollywood including head of Paramount Pictures.

Rock n Roll exploitation at its tamest where the unruly youth are also at their tamest. The acting is not very good though John Russell isn't too bad and there is a cameo by Eddie Cochran who sings a song. the film poster is so misleading so don't expect a raucous film just some youth who have been a little naughty but are all clean cut and innocent

A musical about juvenile delinquents picking cotton in a Texas work camp, oh and Mamie Van Doren's breast. A horrible premise and the story or acting does not get any better. Although Ms. Van Dorens breast are magnificent it is not worth watching.

Two sisters (one the famously curvy Mamie Van Doren) are arrested on their way to California for some minor offense. They get sentenced to a work program and end up on a cotton farm that essentially uses juvenile delinquents as indentured servants and have to try to find a way out of their situation.

A 50's Teenspolitation film that is heavy on musical numbers and little else. The owner of the farm is a cartoonish villain and the rest of the characters are poorly developed.

Not really recommended, though if you do decide to sit through it, keep a lookout for rocker Eddie Cochran as one of the teens who sings a song.

i will never forget this movie....for it's been a few weeks since i watched this abomination and i've still got the 'you ain't gonna make a cotton picker outta me' song in my skull. while it is fun to sing the song and add in my own words, it's still very annoying...much like the majority of this film was.

The story involves a juvenile work program that's, in reality, an agricultural sweatshop and scam for a huge cotton grower. But it's basically just a vehicle for Mamie Van Doren to wear skimpy outfits and dance around. A fair amount of fun and B-movie actors abound in this 50's teen exploitation pic. Mamie's role is a good bit different from her later 'Girls Town'; she's much more of an airhead in this one. Her popularity in the late 50's was enough to make this a minor hit for the studio.

Untamed Youth was condemned by the Catholic Legion for Decency. Which is somewhat amusing considering how tame this is by today's standards.

Also stars Lori Nelson as Mamie's sensible sister. Lori Nelson headlined quite a few B-flicks in the mid-50's.